"prophylactic measure" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to preventative measures taken to avoid a problem. For example, "The company instituted a prophylactic measure to protect its intellectual property."
"It could be a prophylactic measure to get the full effect of mediation," she said.
Typically a newborn with an infected mother would be given one or two drugs as a prophylactic measure.
But Dr. David Colbert, a New York City dermatologist, said, "While a lot of the ingredients in these products could potentially ward off insects, this is a prophylactic measure, not a treatment".
He was off antipsychotic medicine for eight years and showed no symptoms but agreed to go back on medication, his lawyer wrote, when it was prescribed "solely as a prophylactic measure".
The governor's office said in a statement: This morning at approximately 10 15 a.m., Gov. David A. Paterson underwent an iridotomy on his right eye as a prophylactic measure.
The charismatic Irish surgeon, William Arbuthnott Lane (1856 - 1943), emboldened by the success of his treatment for constipation that involved removing huge sections of the gut, decided to do the same thing as a prophylactic measure for those who weren't actually ill, but whom he considered at risk of "autointoxication".
As a prophylactic measure, they were drinking their Scotch mixed with Irn-Bru — Scotland's other national drink, a sweetish, orangey soft drink that is said to be a miraculous hangover cure.
This one does succeed as a cautionary tale: up-and-coming garage bands would be wise to study it and show it to their lawyers as a prophylactic measure to avoid being fleeced and exploited.
Mr. Bloomberg, speaking at a news conference Thursday, said he knew of no reason not to use fingerprinting as "a prophylactic measure to ensure the public that the only people who are getting benefits that the public are paying for are those that deserve it".
Readers of Ovid will recall that Zeus, in the guise of gold rain, paid a conjugal visit to Danaë, whose father had locked her up as a prophylactic measure after an oracle foretold that he would be killed by his future grandson.
Pancreatic stents were placed as a prophylactic measure at the discretion of the endoscopist (n = 10).
